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- BFI identifierN-652688
- Date2017 (Copyright)
2017-04-28 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
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- SynopsisAntonina Zabinska and her husband Dr Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, struggle to keep the zoo operational following the German invasion of Poland in 1939. After the couple begin working with the Polish underground resistance, they use the zoo’s abandoned animal cages and underground tunnels to shelter Jews escaping from the Warsaw Ghetto. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed in the Czech Republic
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- Credits
- CastJessica Chastain (Antonina Zabinska)
Johan Heldenbergh (Dr Jan Zabinski)
Michael McElhatton (Jerzyk)
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Title
The Zookeeper's Wife (Original)
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10.5240/0FBB-D021-A8F4-1CE3-7C9C-UCategory
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